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Viola (Rich) Fitzgerald,* wife of J. J. Robert Johnson .*
Fred A. Van Devort." (m.)
Isabell C. (Conklin) Van De- vort,* wife of F. A. (m.) Mary R. Wisner .*
Matilda A. (Wisner) Wheeler,* wife of William F. (m. ) September 1, 1888.
Frank Marcoe Cummins .* (m. ) Mary D. (Cooper) Cummins,* wife of F. M.
Hannah (Wood) Coleman Dem- erest,* wife of P. W. (m.)
Anna (Holly) McAllister, wife of July 5, 1890.
A. G.
Frances M. (Nanny) Snyder, wife of William.
Maria Theresa Steele.
Harriet Elizabeth Miller.
Mary Aun Hoyt.
Edward L. Welling. Lewis J. Stage. (m.)
December 2, 1888.
Eunice K. ( Hazen) Smith,* wife of W. D.
December 2, 1888.
Rebecca J. (Kohler) Hynard, wife of W. H., (Mrs. W. L. Og- den. (m. ) John B. Lavender. William D. Smith .*
David Roe, Jr .*
Mary Burt Roe,* wife of David Jr. Cordelia Burt Davis.
Emma J. Babcock. (m.)
Rowena Marie Demorest, (Mrs. William P. Knapp.) (m,) Clinton C. Demarest,
June 2, 1889.
Thomas Ridgeway Ennis.
Mary (Benedict) Demerest. (m.)
Mary Burt Herrick. (m.)
Julia Benedict. (m.) Phœbe A. Miller .*
Hattie Miller .* November 30, 1889.
Julia B. Lippincott .* Sarah A. (Welling) VanSaun, wife of S. S. (m.) Maggie (DeKay) Hasbrouck. (m.)
Annie Marie (Jones) Demorest,* wife of Agustus. (m.)
Mary C. Demerest. (m.)
Lettie More DeKay.
Jennie S. Mapes.
Mabel S. Mapes, (Mrs. John C. Drew. ) (m. )
Blanche Muth, (Mrs. A. H. Bing- ham.) (m.)
March 2, 1890. Richard Wisner. (m.)
Ferdinand A. Stevens. (m.)
Jennie May Stage. (m.)
Josie (Case) Benedict, wife of William S. (m.)
Elizabeth DeKay .* (m.) Olive S. Moulton .*
Nellie DeKay,* wife of Milton. Hattie Eugenia Howe.
September 7, 1890. Eleanor (Howe) Bradner,* wife of Henry K. (m.)
December 7, 1890. Harriet W. McConnell .*
Simon C. Ennis.
Marie E. (Taylor) Demerest, wife of T. H. (m.) Blanche E. W. Demerest. (m.)
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December 7, 1890.
Annie McConnell.
Gertrude G. Mapes, (Mrs. Ed- June 3, 1893. ward W. Pearson.)
Lizzie Mae Van Houten, (Mrs. Charles Seely Baird.) (m.)
March 1, 1891.
Bertha M. Furman, (Mrs. John W. Sanford. (m.)
Josephine (Jenkins) Schooley, wife of Richard.
Annie (Welling) Sanford, wife of Milton L. (m.) Annie Elizabeth Westfall.
Ella Lena Westfall.
Helena Caye .*
June 5, 1891. Mary (De Kay) Dusinberre, * wife of George V. (m.)
December 5, 1891.
Hattie E. (Benedict) Willers- September 3, 1893.
dorf. (m.) March 6, 1892.
Elizabeth Price. (m.)
Wilbur C. Lazear. (m.)
Sarah McCarroll Welling, (Mrs. F. B. Sanford. ) (m.) Jennie T. Wisner. (m.)
June 4, 1892.
Wilbur L. Lawrence. (m.)
Susie J. Sly. (m.)
William T. Sly .* (m.)
Josephine (Drew) Sly,* wife of William T. (m. )
Charles Gale .*
Laura M. (Nichols) Gale,* wife of Charles.
Anna Stewart .*
Marie L. E. Sweet,* (Mrs. George Rumsey.) (m.)
December 4, 1892. Louisa (Watkins) Case,* wife of Frank D.
March 5, 1893.
John Bingham .* Eleanor L. Bingham,* wife of John. Thomas Bingham .*
Margaret Bingham .*
John Lamb Bingham .*
Sarah A. Baird .* (m.)
Sue A. Baird, (Mrs. Pierson Dem- September 1, 1894. erest.) (m.) Anna Welling Davis. (m.) December 1, 1894.
Cornelius H. Demarest. Sarah Catherine Davis. (m.)
March 5, 1893. Edward L. Nanny. (m.)
Nancy (Davis) Nanny, wife of J. H. (m.)
Cordelia Burt Nanny, (Mrs. Geo. VanKeuren. (m.)
Hattie (VanDevort) Drew, wife of Marcellus.
John V. D. Benedict. (m.)
Helen Cady.
Mrs. R. C. Cady .*
Charles R. Baird .*
Anna M. (Jayne) Baird,* wife of Charles R. (m.)
Minnie C. Baird .* (m.)
Mrs. Sarah J. Sly .* (m.)
Gertrude Sly." (m.)
Benjamin Scott .*
Mrs. Benjamin Scott .*
Frank De Forest Case.
Mary Louisa Warner wife of John.
Simms,
Margaretta Rightmyer,* wife of Sherman. (m.)
Jenkins C. Thomas." (m.)
Nina D. (Randall) Thomas, wife of J. C. (m.)
March 4, 1894.
Anna G. Deming, wife of John. (m.)
Lillian M. (DeKay) Wisner, wife of Victor. (m.)
Linnie C. (Horton) Bonnyman, wife of Alexander. (m.)
Mary (Sayer) Quackenbush, wife of Daniel. (m.) Stephen Timms.
Mrs. Stephen Timms.
James H. Vealey." (m.)
Lucile (DeKay) Vealey,* wife of James H. (m.)
June 3, 1894. Jessie M. (Lawrence) Stage,“ wife of Lewis J. (m.)
Ira A. Hawkins .* (m.)
Anna (Seaman) Hawkins,* wife of Ira A. (m.) William P. Knapp. (m.)
Mertie A. Stage.
L. W. Hoffman .*
Ada (Quinby) Knox,* wife of Taber. (m.)
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ROLL OF MEMBERS FOR THE HUNDRED YEARS.
December 1, 1894. James Harvey McPeek. (m.) March 1, 1895.
William Batchelor Bradner. (m.) Frederick Vollmer. (m.) Mary Louise (Lansing) Hoff- man, * wife of L. W. May 31, 1895. Elizabeth (Seely) Wood. William Lewis Ogden.
November 22, 1895. J. Fred Hulse. Harriet Lillian Morehouse. (m.) Martha Stephenson Quinby.
November 23, 1894. William V. Ruton .* Laura L. Ruton, * wife of William V. Alice H. Ruton .* Walter C. Longwell .*
Lizzie (Bailey ) Longwell,* wife June 4, 1897. of W. C. February, 28, 1896. Charles Seely Baird. (m.) Mary Elizabeth Sanford. (m )
Ruth Bradner. (m.) John Mix Deming. (m.)
John James Beattie. (m.)
Sylvester Mott Wood. (m.)
Georgie Ackerson Hegeman,* wife of David T. (m.)
Anna W. Hirst,* wife of Albert W. (m.) February 29, 1896. Jennie Van Devort. (m.)
March 1, 1896.
Albert William Hirst .* (m.) Robert A. Wheat. (m.)
April 1, 1896. Joseph Elijah Vail Miller. (m.) Alice Slaughter ( Pierson) Miller, wife of J. E. V.
June 5, 1896. Frederick Oakley Beattie; dis- missed ; reunited March 2, 1901, (m )
Minnie (Dator) Beattie, wife of F. O .; dismissed; reunited March 2, 1901. (m.) Ida Beatrice (Bradner) VanDer- vort, (Mrs. G. M. Clark. ) (m.) Mary P. Wilder,* wife of Mariner A. (m.) June 6, 1896. Hiram Bartlett Berry. (m.)
September 4, 1896.
Willard Bradner VanDervort. (m.) Thomas Bowen .* Sarah (Evans) Bowen,* wife of Thomas. September 5, 1896. Charles Reeve Van Duzer.
December 4, 1896. Philetus W. Demerest.
George Henry Springer. (m.) Carl Frederick William Ludkey .* Frederikke Sophie (Jess) Lud- key, wife of C. F. W. March 5, 1897. Isabel Case. Victor Audubon Wilder. (m.)
March 6, 1897. Clarissa (Decker) Springer, wife of G. H. (m. )
Edward Stevens Howe. (m.) John Lawrence. (m.)
September 5, 1897. Anna B. (Philcox) Holmes, *wife of Frank F. (m.) December 4, 1897. Hannah Sly, (m.) March 4, 1898.
Grace H. Campbell. (m.) Frances E. Campbell. (m.) Sarah J. Springer, (Mrs. Fred Vance.) (m.) Clara Whitfield (Hewitt) Wis- ner,* wife of Charles E. (m.) June 3, 1898. Caroline Margarete Bradner. (m.) Aimee E. Hyatt, (Mrs. W. L. Spicer. )*
September 3, 1898. Alein Roberta Demerest. (m.) Richard Wisner, Jr. (m.)
December 3, 1898. Mary Estella Hyatt .*
Bertha (Smith) Arnout,* wife of Frank H. (m.) Edith A. Drew,* wife of Marcel- lus. (m.) March 4, 1899. Dora Menshen, (Mrs. Harry Mil- ler. ) (m.)
Paul Case .* Mary Hyatt .* (m.) Frances M. Hyatt .* (m.) Emma L. Ruton .*
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June 2, 1899. Ellen E. Morehouse, wife of J. M. (111. ) Will C. Compton. (m.)
Eleanor Rebecca Dolson.
Annie Margaret Ermann. (m.)
Ruby Simms. (m.)
Nellie Spear, wife of Lewis R. (m.)
E. Pauline Quackenbush, (Mrs. John Rone. ) (m.)
Arthur V. Turner. (m.)
Lillie Pellew (Mrs. F. M. Fields.) (m.) Mrs. Joseph Quackenbush. (m.) Edith Quackenbush. (m.)
Nellie V. Williams.“ (m.)
Mary Edith Williams .* (m.)
Charles M. Houston .* (m.)
Ella (Case) Houston,* wife of C. M. (m.)
Wah Lee (Tom Mon Ling.)*(m.) June 1, 1902. Lizzie Hebsacker. (m.)
June 3, 1899.
Grace M. Winans (Mrs. Abram B. Shimer.) (m.) Hylah Hasbrouck. (m.) Alexander Bonnyman. (m.)
June 4, 1899. Lewis Roe Spear. (m.)
September 1, 1899. Augustus H. Blake. *
Jesse B. (Devoe) Blake,* wife of Augustus H. December 3, 1899. May M. Ruton.
March 3, 1900.
Grace Ethel Wisner ( Mrs. Burton J. Berry. ) Paul Winslow. (m.)
June 2, 1900.
Harriet Lillian Demarest. (m.) Emma Gertrude Ostrom,* wife
of Dr. Joshua Ward Ostrom. June 7, 1903. (m. )
May Gertrude Lu Gar* (Mrs. William Haley.) (m.) Ida May (Jenkins) McPeek,* wife September 5, 1903. of J. H. (m.) September 1, 1900. William Q. Minturn .* (m.) Mary Libbie (Miller) Minturn,* wife of William Q. (m.)
December 1, 1900. Emma (Bonner ) Demarest, * wife of R. A. (m.) Joseph W. Woodruff .* (m. )
March 2, 1901.
Albert N. Gale. (m.)
Emma (Young) Gale,* wife of Albert N. (m. ) Cora E. Farnham .* (m.) June 1, 1901.
Anne Carroll. (m.)
Morris B. Carroll. (m.)
Mary Irons (Mrs. Jacob Tomer .* ) (m.) Jennie Young. (m.)
Joanna Winslow, wife of Peter. (m.) November 30, 1901. Cornelius Smith Lazear. (m.) Margaret Minturn. (m.)
May 31, 1902. Sarah Minturn Drew. (m.)
Amelia C. Nesbitt. (m.)
Martha Morgan. (m.) Aimee Minturn. (m. )
December 6, 1902.
Grace Eager Paddock, (Mrs. Jesse Thompkins Brown. )
Frederick Philip Ermann. (m.)
Robert Simms. (m.)
Nellie Stevens .* (m.) John A. Simms .* (m.)
February 5, 1903. John C. Van Orden. February 28, 1903. Mary Augusta Layton .* (m.)
Charles M. Bartlett .* (m.)
Alice E. Bartlett,* wife of Charles M. (m.) Hattie A. Fisher .* (m.) June 6, 1903.
Emma Wisner Buckbee. (m.)
Ethel Demarest Howe. (m.)
Alice Josephine Miller. (m. )
Thomas Welling Wisner. (m.)
Jeffrey Amherst Wisner, Jr. (m.) Ambrose Sly. (m. )
Helen M. Nesbitt. (m.)
Harry Hewitt Wisner. (m.)
Grace M. Stidworthy,* wife of Edward T. (m.)
December 12, 1903. Henry Toland Demarest. (m. )
Martha S. ( Hetzel) Pelton, * wife of John. (m.)
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STATED APPOINTMENTS.
March 5, 1904. Dwight Dutcher .* (m.)
Clara Dutcher,* wife of Dwight. (m.) Jessie Dutcher .* (m.) John Farries Winslow. (m.)
March 5, 1904. Alice B. Montross, * wife of James A. (m.) Charles Francis Hawkins, Jr. (m.)
STATED APPOINTMENTS.
REGULAR MEETINGS.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is administered quarterly, on the first Sunday in March, June, Sep- tember and December.
The Service Preparatory to the Lord's Supper is held on Saturday afternoon preceding the Communion Sun- day.
The Sacrament of Baptism is administered at Prepara- tory Service.
Services are regularly held on Christmas Day, the week of Prayer in January, and during Passion Week.
Consistory meets quarterly on Saturday afternoon prior to the first Sunday of March, June, September, and December. The Board of Elders the same after- noon.
Public Worship, Sunday at 10.30 (April to September) and 11.00 (October to March) a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Bible School, Sunday morning 9.15 (April to September) and 9.45 (October to March).
Mid-Week Service: Every Thursday evening.
Christian Endeavor Society Prayer Meeting: Every Sun- day evening.
Junior Christian Endeavor Society: Every Friday after- noon.
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Choir Meeting: Every Saturday evening.
Christian Endeavor Business meeting and Social: Tues- day evening, after first Sunday in each month.
Women's Missionary Society: First Wednesday after- noon, each month.
Builders: Third Monday evening, each month.
Heart and Hand Society: Last Thursday afternoon, each month.
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip: Thursday evening, after first Sunday of each month.
SCHEDULE OF OFFERINGS.
The Regular Offerings for benevolence are made as follows :
Foreign Missions: Second Sunday, January, May, Sep- tember.
Education: Second Sunday, February.
Domestic Missions: Second Sunday, March, July, No- vember.
Board of Publication and the Widows' Fund: Second Sunday, April.
Support of Church, Bible School: Second Sunday, June. American Tract Society: Second Sunday, August.
Church Building Fund of Board of Domestic Missions: Second Sunday, October.
Disabled Ministers' Fund: Second Sunday, December.
Theological Seminary at New Brunswick: First Sunday, March.
Deacons' Fund: First Sunday, June, September, Decem- ber.
Christmas Festival of Bible School: Fourth Sunday, November.
Arabian Mission and Orange County Bible Society by Subscription.
THE VALE AND VILLAGE OF WARWICK.
BY CLINTON WHEELER WISNER.
In all the river counties of New York, there is none to my mind which presents such a combination of all natural beauties, pastoral, rural, sylvan and at times almost sublime as old Orange, nor any part of it to me so picturesque, or so much endeared by early recollections as the fair vale of Warwick. * * *
Throughout its length and breadth, it is one of the most fertile and beautiful, and the most Arcadian re- gions of the United States; poverty in its lower and more squalid aspects, if not in any real or tangible shape, is unknown within its precincts; its farmers, the genuine old solid yeoman of the land, the backbone and bulwark of the country, rich as their teeming pastures, hospitable as their warm hearts and ever open doors, stanch and firm as the everlasting hills, among which in truly pleasant places their lines have fallen, would be the pride of any nation, kingdom or republic; its women are among the fairest daughters of a country, where beauty is the rule rather than the exception. * *
Sweet vale of Warwick, sweet Warwick, loveliest village of the vale, it may be I shall never see you more, for the silver cord is loosened, the golden bowl is broken, which most attached me to your quiet and se- questered shades. * *
May blessings be about you beautiful Warwick, may your fields and forests be as green, your waters as bright, the cattle on your hundred hills as fruitful as in the days of old.
-From the Writings of Frank Forester.
HE Village of Warwick contains about two thou- sand people. Built on rolling land in the valley west of the Warwick mountains, it is an ideal spot for country homes. The land is well- drained, the Wawayanda Creek flowing through the centre of the town, in a southeasterly direction. The mean elevation of the valley is 550 feet, and the near-by
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mountains rise to a height of 1,200 to 1,400 feet. The varied pastoral scenes of wood, stream and meadow, with here and there a lake, and the tall peaks of the Catskills in the distance greeting the eye from these heights, are said by travelers to equal if not surpass anything else of the kind in all the wide world. Fine roads, affording delightful drives, extend from Warwick in every direction, some among the neatly kept farms in the valley, and others through winding ways among the hills.
With such an unrivalled environment Warwick has grown famous for its own peculiar beauties. One can- not say that our village is quaint or old-fashioned, with swinging gates, grassy lanes and moss-covered roofs. Rather, it has an air of smartness, blended with a pol- ished repose. It is a pretty park, with velvety lawns, showing to vast advantage groups of flowering shrubs, unmarred by fences, and with the houses well apart, giving an air of freedom from cramped conditions.
Not only the fine mansions that have been built by prosperous country merchants, professional men, and city folk, but also the modest homes of the village mechanics and artisans, all show the same individual public spirit, not to be outdone in keeping things spruced up and freshly painted.
"Here and there are old homesteads where son has succeeded father for generations, yet the old homes look well and becoming in their new and airy clothes. The advent of broad avenues and flag walks have forever effaced the winding trails, and with them much of the sweet Indian legendary has been obliterated. For all these rolling hills were once covered with chestnut, birch, maple and pine trees. There is something pa- thetic in the passing of the redman-the type of years
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gone by-as the impress of civilization unrelentingly, step by step, crowded upon his tepee and forced him westward.
'Ah me, when I parted from him, Round my neck he hung the wampum. As a pledge, the snow-white wampum, O my sweetheart, my Algonquin.'
"Yet the maples, as planted by our fathers, forming bowers over streets, are more beautiful than the pine tree. We have no 'Unter den Linden,' but we might claim an 'Unter den Maples.' Our maples are well- trimmed, admitting abundance of light and air, but not to an extent that distorts their graceful outline.
"Warwick has been called the Queen Village, also a village of homes. If she is not truly the former, she is easily and far away a village of homes."
Sensibly realizing that local conditions were not fav- orable for the introduction of manufactures, they have never been encouraged; but a constant effort, lately pressed with much vigor, has been made to develop the town as a place for summer homes. Following the in- troduction of the electric light and telephone, the build- ing of a new high-class hotel, (the Red Swan Inn,) has been the latest step in this direction, and our village sees now a bright future with the influx of new blood from the metropolis.
One of the distinguishing features of Warwick Village and of the whole community, which seems to appeal strongly to people from the city, is that our town is still essentially American, in that so many of its inhabitants are direct descendants from Revolutionary sires. This brings us to speak of the past, quoting from the writing's of Livingston Rutherfurd, Esq .:
"The town and village of Warwick derived their
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names from the plantation of Benjamin Aske, one of the original proprietors of the Wawayanda patent. Aske's share of the patent was a tract nearly in the form of a parallelogram which extended from Clark's Lake on the north to the farm now owned by Mr. Sidney H. Sanford on the south, with an average width of a mile and a-half, containing about three thousand acres of land. It is in- teresting to note in this connection that one of the first boundary lines established between New York and New Jersey ran about two hundred rods north of the house occupied by Mr. George W. Sanford, thus making War- wick a part of New Jersey, which may account for so many Jerseymen locating here.
"It appears from the earliest records obtainable that until about 1718 the surrounding country was a track- less forest inhabited only by Indians and wild animals. In 1719 the names of Lawrence Decker and Thomas Blaine appear as taxpayers. Decker lived on a part of the Wilder farm and Blaine on the M. L. Sanford farm. These were probably the first purchases from the Aske tract. The pioneers of Warwick were principally Eng- lish families who came hither from Long Island, Con- necticut and Massachusetts. Among them we find the names of Armstrong, Baird, Benedict, Blaine, Bradner, Burt, Decker, Demarest, Ketchum, Knapp, McCambley, Post, Roe, Sayer, Sly, Sanford, Welling, Wheeler, Wis- ner, Wood and Van Duzer. Most of these settlers have left descendants who now live in or near the village. The men were bold, active and hardy. The women were patient, faithful and capable. Life in the settlements in those early days was a struggle for existence, a sur- vival of the fittest. To do the work cut out for him it was necessary for a man to indeed be rugged both in body and mind.
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BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF OAKLAND AVENUE, SHOWING MOUNT PETER IN DISTANCE.
LINDEN PLACE.
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"During the Revolution there were a few Tories near Warwick, but the majority of the people were loyal to the country of their adoption and many of them enlisted for service under the banner of liberty. Washington passed through Warwick twice during the war. Once he was entertained by Col. Hathorn at the P. E. Sanford house. At another time he is said to have halted for lunch under the large elm on the road to New Milford, whence it took the name of the Washington elm.
"For some time after the Revolution there were not more than thirty houses in the village and these were grouped together on the upper part of Main street. In- deed there are many of our citizens who can readily remember when there were not more than three houses within the present village limits on the easterly side of the creek. In 1763 Daniel Burt built the shingle house
THE OLD SHINGLE HOUSE.
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now owned by Mrs. Servin, which is the oldest house in the village. In 1766 Francis Baird built the stone house* now occupied by W. B. Sayer, which was long used as a tavern. Indeed in some old maps Warwick is called Baird's Tavern. The next oldest house is the one stand- ing just north of the house occupied by F. C. Cary.
"Before the advent of the railroads the produce of the country was all hauled to Newburgh, and taken thence by boat to New York. Warwick was then a favorite place with the teamsters to stop for the night. They had the choice of three hotels, the stone tavern above mentioned, a hotel on the site of the present Wawayanda House, and another on the site of the Warwick [Welling] Hotel. Later there was a hotel on Main street facing the little park, [now Fountain Square,] called the United States. The old Demerest House [National Hotel] was not built until 1862." [The present Demerest House was built in 1888.]
"There being no easy means of transportation in the early days, each community supplied its own wants so far as it could, and Warwick was no exception to the general rule. Woolen and fur hats were manufactured here for many years by Morris and Foght Burt, who sold to Oscar Welling. A man by the name of Dikeman was in the same business. There was a pottery on the Geraghty property above the Wawayanda House, es- tablished by Amos and Lewis Haines, and a tannery on the Mills Bradner farm (now owned by Mrs. J. D. Picks- lay), its latest proprietor being Smith Bradner. There was a brick yard in the meadow of the Servin farm nearly opposite the house of Daniel Wood, and another
*The old stone house shown in the photograph of Fountain Square was built in 1766 by Francis Baird, one of the trustees of the Presby- terian Church, and the first clerk of that organization.
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tannery just in the rear of the present Savings Bank, carried on by Samuel Smith. A few rods above the site of the National Bank there was a cider mill which was run by Samuel Ketchum. Near the Main street bridge there was a fulling mill conducted by Ariel Chase, who also looked after a toll gate near by. Down the stream about a quarter of a mile a grist and saw mill was run by a man named Dolson. The dam of this mill flooded the adjoining low lands so far that fever resulted, and a fund of money was subscribed to buy out the proprietor and to secure to the people of the valley forever the un- obstructed flow of water in the Wawayanda Creek." (See writings of Samuel Pelton).
The building of the railroad in 1862 marks the be- ginning of the modern development and growth of the village. In 1864 the National Bank was incorporated. In 1867 the Village and Cemetery Associations were in- corporated, and the Advertiser was founded. In 1868 Union Free School District No. 12 was formed by the consolidation of several districts and a graded school es- tablished. In 1871 the reservoir was completed and the fire department organized. In 1876 the Savings Bank was incorporated. The Dispatch was founded in 1885. The second reservoir was built in 1891. A new brick school house was built in 1892, and a high school in 1901. The picturesque station of the Lehigh & Hudson Riv- er Railway Company, built of white limestone, was erect- ed in 1893, and the adjoining land made into a park. This improvement was effected under the direction of the late Grinnell Burt, President of the railway compa- ny, who had devoted the greater part of his life to the co-operative task of developing the railroad, the village, and the resources of the valley.
Among the recent notable improvements is a hand-
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some drinking fountain presented to the municipality by the heirs of the late George W. Sanford as a memo- rial to their father, which was erected last year on Foun- tain Square.
In 1901 the special charter of the village was repealed and the village was re-incorporated under the General Village Law; its officials are elected and its affairs ad- ministered on a non-partisan basis, the present officials being: Clinton W. Wisner, President; Sidney H. Sanford, Charles Wutke, Trustees; Fred C. Cary, Clerk; James A. Montross, Treasurer; Charles T. Hane, Collector: Ja- cob Quackenbush, James T. Wisner, John B. Rogers, As- sessors; Edwin F. Still, Police Justice.
The future of Warwick seems assured as a beautiful homespot, within easy journey of the great metropolis, yet far enough removed among peaceful and restful surroundings to make absent ones yearn for its quiet re- pose. This sentiment is best expressed in the following lines by Mrs. C. E. Timlow, on "The Vale of Warwick":
"Fair, lovely vale ! to thee my heart Turns, like a song-bird to her nest ; For many days my home has been, Upon thy quiet, sheltering breast ; And thou hast Inred me with sweet tones, From every glade and tree and flower;
That, like dear memories in my heart, Shall brighten many a future hour.
" We met as strangers, lovely vale ! Far may the day of parting be ; And time make strong and bright the chain Whose love-links bind my soul to thee ; And when these quiet, peaceful hours Have fled on time's unresting sea,
Their tender memory shall come back,
In light and love, sweet vale, to me."
FOUNTAIN SQUARE AND MAPLE AVENUE.
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OTHER VILLAGE CHURCHES.
Brief summaries of the history of other Warwick churches are herewith appended:
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